Unexpectedly long half-lives of blood 2,3,4,7,8-pentachlorodibenzofuran (PeCDF) levels in Yusho patients

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Matsumoto, Shinya ^a   Akahane, Manabu ^a   Kanagawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kajiwara, Jumboku ^b   Mitoma, Chikage ^c   Uchi, Hiroshi ^c   Furue, Masutaka ^c   Imamura, Tomoaki ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,3,4,7,8 pentachlorodibenzofuran (PeCDF); Aging; Dioxin; Dioxin like compounds; Half life; Yusho

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,3,4,7,8-PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HALF LIFE; LIPID; POISONING;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA HALF LIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; YUSHO DISEASE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALF LIFE TIME; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941773744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-015-0059-y     Document Type: Article

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